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Key Image Capel Seilo/Shiloh Chapel
Nant Gwrtheyrn
LL53 6NL Pwllheli (Llithfaen)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Methodist
Congregation: Nant Gwrtheyrn
Geogr. Coordinates: 52.97516° N, 4.45837° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1875
Building type: Chapel
Description: Small chapel in the Simple Round-Headed style of the gable entry type
Name derivation: From Hebrew “shiloh” (“place of peace”)
Noteworthy
  • Wall picture “Nant Gwrtheyrn” (pupils of Pentreuchaf school and Catrin Williams)
History:
1782:   Construction of the first Methodist chapel
1819:   Reconstruction
1851:   First sett quarry opened in Nant Gwrtheyrn
1878:   Capel Seilo built for the Calvinistic Methodists (cost of £ 300)
1900:   Capel Seilo had 40 people on their books and around 60 went to Sunday School
1914:   Chapel goes into decline, as the local quarries’ fortunes waxed and waned
2003:   Chapel rebuilt and reconsecrated; opening of the heritage centre with a concert with the Super Furry Animals and Rhys Ifans
17/03/2011:   Reopened after development by the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones
Dimensions:
Number of Seats:  100
Sources
Coflein: Nant Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Nant Gwrtheyrn, https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/7094/details/nant-calvinistic-methodist-chapel-nant-gwrtheyrnseionsiloh, retrieved 12/03/2019
Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn: Hanes Nant Gwrtheyrn, http://nantgwrtheyrn.cymru/amynant/hanes/, retrieved 11/03/2019
historypoints.org: Capel Seilo, Nant Gwrtheyrn, http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=capel-seilo-nant-gwrtheyrn, retrieved 12/03/2019
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